1. Patrick WEINGERTNER Head of the Water Planning and WFD Department of the Rhine-Maas Water Agency (France) KEYS TO SUCCESS IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE RHINE RIVER : From an open sewer to a living river SEMINAR on REVITALIZATION OF RIVERS 10 – 11 – 12 MAY 2010
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3. 1 – Key points for success in river basin management
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5. Keys points for River bassin management (2/2) Defining objectives Assessing main pressures and impacts Identifying key water management issues Identifying possible measures Developing river basin plan Implementing measures Monitoring Evaluation
6. 2- How are these principles implemented within the Rhine Commission ?
8. Catchment : 200.000 km ² Main stream : 1320 km Navigable length : 825 km 3rd biggest European river 9 countries Inhabitants : 58 million Drinking water supply : 30 million people The Rhine , a European river
9. The Rhine from Source to Sea Alp Rhine / Lake Constance Alp Rhine High Rhine Upper Rhine Middle Rhine Lower Rhine Delta Rhine
18. 3- Main results : pollution reduced, water quality improved, salmon reintroduced
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21. Pollution reduced Expense of 40 Bill. € (20 Bill. communal, 20 Bill. industrial) in the river basin area for advanced waste water treatment between 1986 and 2000 The loads decreased The concentrations decreased
22. Pollution reduced (1985- 2000) 30-49 % 50-69% 70-100 % No discharges Total nitrogen HCH ammonium dioxins 2-chlortoluene Total phosphorous atrazine 4-chlortoluene lead dichlorvos Trichloro-benzenes cadmium DDT 1,1,1 tri-chloroethane chromium simazine mercury trifluraline
26. Salmon Reintroduction End 2008 : More than 5.000 adult salmons returned to the Rhine basin for spawning Careful estimation by the year 2020 A population of some 7.000 – 21.000 salmon will annually migrate upstream
28. Action Plan on Floods (1998) Dec. 1993 and Jan./Feb. 1995 Cities flooded : Germany, The Netherlands 1995 : two hundred thousand people evacuated
29. Action Plan on Floods 1998 Reduce damage risks Reduce flood levels Increase awareness of floods Improvement of flood forecasting affected by floods : ~11 Mio people
30. Action Plan on Floods Potential damage ~ €165 billion Implementation € 12,3 billion an economic imperative !